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Plastic pollution is reaching a high tide mark on our rivers
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Want to do your bit to help clean up the environment, while trying to avert even worse effects of climate crisis? Inspired by a Croydon-based activist, LEWIS WHITE has tried, but like Greta Thunberg, has had a predictable … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Environment
Tagged GLA, Greater London Authority, Lizzie Carr, Mayor of London, Plastic pollution, River Thames, Sadiq Khan
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From the Wandle to the Hudson, Carr campaigns on pollution
Lizzie Carr, the environmentalist from Purley who in 2016 paddled the length of England’s waterways to check how much waste plastic was polluting the country’s rivers and canals, is still battling against the toxic polluting of the nation’s rivers and … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Purley, Wildlife
Tagged Hudson River, Lizzie Carr, Planet Patrol, Purley, River Wandle
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Purley paddler takes to the Hudson in her plastics campaign
Lizzie Carr, the environmentalist from Purley who in 2016 paddled the length of England’s waterways to check how much waste plastic was polluting the country’s rivers and canals, today sets off on another piece of scientific adventure. Carr is using … Continue reading
Purley paddler’s 400-mile journey highlights plastic pollution
Lizzie Carr, the Purley woman backed by the Ordnance Survey to travel the length of England using a paddle board on the country’s waterways, has completed her epic journey, and made some very worrying discoveries. Inside Croydon was the first … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Environment, Health, Purley
Tagged Lizzie Carr, Ordnance Survey, Purley
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Purley woman maps out a year’s adventure thanks to OS
A woman from Purley who wants to travel the length of England on a paddleboard has been selected as one of 15 champions of the great outdoors by map-makers the Ordnance Survey for a year-long #GetOutside project. Lizzie Carr, a … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Environment, Health, Purley, Walks
Tagged Lizzie Carr, Ordnance Survey, Purley
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